Paper and card gathering and jogging device.



W. C. DILL.

PAPER AND CARD GATHERING ANDJOGGING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men AUGJI, 1916.

1 23236. Patented July 10, 1917.

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W. C. DILL.

PAPER AND CARD GATHERING AND LOGGING DEVICE.

APPLICAHON FILED AUG.17.1916.

mmfi'm Patented July 10, 1917.,

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I TEM %TATE@ AFN WILLIAM C. BILL, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOINTERNATIONAL PRESS COMPANY, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION.

PAPER AND CARD GATHERING AND J OGGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 191?.

Application filed August 17, 1916. Serial No. 115,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. DILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, in the county of Franklin and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper and Card Gathering and Jogging Devices; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gathering andjogging one or more sheets of paper or cards as they are delivered froma rotary printing press, folding, creasing, or punching machine, and theprimary object of the invention is to deliver the sheets into a hopperdisposed at the bottom of the device in a uniform stack. The principalidea involved in the device is to gather the sheets as they pass throughguiding rollers into a transfer wheel comprising a plurality ofcompartments each adapted to receive a sheet, which is driven forwardone compartment upon each revolution of the rollers 3 by an eccentricmovement operating a ratchet gear and pawl, and carrying the sheetsdisposed in the compartments a ainst an ejector of increasing radiuswhere y they are discharged into the hopper one above the other.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and one which will be very eflicient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view, my invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partswhich will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out inthe specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a device constructed in accordance withthis invention' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on theplane of the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the plane of the line 33,ofFig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe device; and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the plane of the line55 of Fig. 1.

In describing my invention I shall refer upon any suitable base.

to the drawings in which similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views and in which thenumeral 1 designates the two upright spaced sides which are providedwith laterally projecting securing feet 2 at the bot tom of the same forpositionin the sides This gathering and ogging device is secured ormounted between the spaced sides 1, and the device is placed in positionto receive the cards as they are delivered from the printing press, etc.

Rotatably mounted between the sides 1 adjacent the top of the largerollers 3 on horizontal axes I. The axes of these rollers 3 projectthrough one of the sides of the device, one of the former having securedat its outer end a gear which is deslgnated by the numeral 5. mountedbeneath the gear 5 intermesh with the same is a driving gear 6 which ismounted on a short stub axle 7 projecting outwardly from the side 1.This gear 6 is driven by any desired means and provides the power bywhich the device is operated. Disposed beneath the guide rollers 3 is apair of smaller supplemental guide rollers 8 mounted on horizontal axes9,

and adapted to and which also project through the side 1 and have ontheir projecting ends gears 10, which intermesh with each other, and oneof the same is adapted to be positioned into engagement with the drivinggear 6. By this means, upon the operation of the driving gear the powerwill be transmitted to the gulding rollers, and sheets of paperdischarged from the machine will be carried therethrough for a purposeto be hereinafter described more fully. The rollers 3 and 8 are shorterthan the space between the sides 1, and are disposed adjacent one of thesides, a space being left between the opposite ends of the rollers andthe other side.

Rotatably mounted between the sides 1 below the sheet guiding rollers isa sheet trans fer wheel 12, which is mounted on a horizontal axle 13extending between said sides. This transfer wheel 12 is formed in twospaced sections 13 and 14: having formed therebetween a plurality ofradially curved compartments 15 which have their outer ends 16 closedwhile the inner ends 17 which are spaced from each other are open anddisposed in alinement with each other.

same is a pair of Rotatably as shown at 21.

By this arrangement, and owing to the fact that the transfer wheel ispositioned beneath the sheet guiding rollers, sheets carriedtherethrough are adapted to be dis charged so that they will fall in oneof the compartments 15 of the wheel. The-sheets are of sufficient widthso that they will extend across the space between the two sections ofthe wheel, the opposite edges of the same being disposed in the sections13 and 14: which are positioned in alinement with each other.

The transfer wheel. 12 is provided with an ejector 18 which is formed ofa flat spring positioned between the sections 13 and 14:.

of the wheel, and having its upper end 19 surrounding the axis of thesame. This ejector 18 is curved substantially arc-shaped and extendsforwardly and downwardly to a point on the periphery of the wheel in thesame vertical plane with the axis. From this point the outer end of theejector which is designated by the numeral 20 projects from the wheeland is bent at right angles The flat portion of the bent end ispositioned above a block 22 positioned between the sides of the deviceand attached to the bottom of said angular portion is a flat washerplate 23 which is secured to the block by a screw 24 secured to theupright portion of the same. The horizontally extending portion of thisbent end is provided with an opening which is adapted.

to aline with the opening in the washer plate 23 and these alimngopenings when the washer is in position, are disposed over an internallythreaded recess 25 in the block 22. A locking bolt 26 is adapted to bepositioned through said alining openings and will securely hold theouter end of the ejector-against the washer when fixed in position.

Secured between the sides 1 adjacent the forward end of the same andpositioned beneath the forward portion of the transfer wheel 12 is asheet receiving tray 27 which is provided with upwardly extendingoutwardly curved sides 28 and which is supported in position by aU-shaped support .ing platform 29 which has its sides 30 se cured to theopposite inner surfaces of the sides 1 of the device. 27 is sopositioned that it will be disposed directly beneath the forward portionof the 7 transfer wheel and will receive the sheets as they aredischarged therefrom in a manner to be hereinafter more fully described.

Secured to the axis t of the roller 3 which has its gear interineshedwith the driving gear. is an eccentric. 31 which has secured thereto adownwardly extending eccentric rod 32. The lower end of the rod 32 isloosely connected with the axle 13 of the transfer wheel by means of aprojecting arm 34 loosely mounted thereon, and mountedon This tray orhopper the arm 3-1 is a pawl 35. tiansfer wheel has a ratchet 35 mountedthereon, and adapted for engagement with the pawl 35. By thisconstruction and arrangement, upon each revolution of the roller 3, themotion of the same will be transmitted through the eccentric and rod tothe pawl and ratchet to operate the same, whereby the transfer wheelwill be moved forward one compartment thereby. The momentum of thetransfer wheel is regulated by spring brake 36 which has its upper endpositioned around the axle 13 and interposed between said brake and axleis a leather washer 37 which surrounds the said axle, The bent portionof the upper end of this brake is connected with the adjacent portion ofthe same by a set screw 38, by which means the tension of the brake maybe adjusted.

By the above described construction, when this means is in operation thesheets which are discharged from the printing press or other machine arefed in between the rollers 8 and downwardly through the supplementalguide rollers 8 into the variing to the eccentric connection between thaxle of one of said rollers and h t ansfer wheel, the transfer wheelwill. be mov forwardly one compartment upon each revolution of saidrollers, This operation will discharge a sheet into each compartment asthe same comes into alinement with the Supplemental guide rollers 8.

Owing to the fact that the transfer Wheel moves forwardly, the forwardlyand down.- wardly moving compartments each holding a sheet therein asthey are moved, will by the operation of the ejector gradually force thesheet therefrom until the same is positioned within the tray beneath thesame. This ejector is of a gradual increasing radius and serves to movethe sheet farther outward upon the jogging movement of'the transferwheel. Owing to the fact that the compartments 15 of the wheel arecurved, the sheets will be secured therein until at a point adjacent thebottom of the wheel, whereupon the ejector will finally throw themoutwardly into the tray. By this operation it will be obvious that thesheets will be gathered in piles inthe tray where The axle 13 of thethey may be easily removed therefrom. The

arate compartments during their down-.

ward movement from the rollers to the receptacle and W111 prevent thesheets drop ping by gravity before theyare ejected by 13:

the increasing radius of the ejector. This tray has an open outer end,so that the piled up sheets may be easily removed therefrom. The springbrake 36 prevents the Wheel from moving too fast, and regulates thejogging motion of the same. This jogging motion is always timed inspaced relation to the movement of the rollers 3, and should the rollersbe driven faster, the transfer wheel will move correspondingly faster soas to bring an unoccupied compartment into alinement with the dischargesheets upon each revolution of the rollers.

From the foregoing description of the construction and operation of myimproved sheet gathering device, the manner of applying the same to use,and the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it will beseen that I have provided a simple and eflicient device of thischaracter for carrying out the objects of the invention.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a rotatable transfer wheelincluding two spaced sections mounted on a horizontal axis, inwardly andlaterally projecting radially curved strips on the inner faces of saidsections forming alining sheet receiving compartments, a sheet deliverymechanism disposed above said wheel, means to rotate the wheel toreceive the sheets in successive compartments, a curved ejecto'r ofincreasing radius extending from the hub to the periphery adapted topush the sheets gradually from the wheel on their down movement, and asheet receiving receptacle beneath the wheel.

2. A device of the class described comprising a rotatable transfer wheelincluding two spaced sections mounted on a horizontal axis, inwardly andlaterally projecting radially curved strips on the inner faces of saidsections forming alining sheet receiving compartments, a sheet deliverymechanism disposed above said wheel, means to rotate the wheel toreceive the sheets in successive compartments, tensioning means toregulate the movement of said wheel, a curved ejector between thesections having its end surrounding the axis of the wheel and extendingin an arc to the lowermost point of the periphery of the wheel togradually push the sheets from the coinpartments when the wheel isoperated, and a sheet receiving receptacle beneath the wheel.

A device of the class described comprising a rotatable transfer Wheelformed of two spaced sections mounted on a horizontal axis, a curvedspring ejector having its upper end surrounding said axis between thesections and extending in an arc to a point in a vertical plane withsaid axis on the periphery of the wheel, the outer end of said ejectorbeing bent at right angles, and said end of the ejector being secured toa supporting block disposed beneath the wheel.

at. A device of the class described comprising a pair of upright spacedsides, rotatable sheet guiding rollers mounted between the same, a sheettransfer Wheel comprising a plurality of radially curved compartmentsrotatably mounted between the sides beneath the rollers, an eccentric011 the axis of one of said rollers, a rod projecting therefrom, a linkconnecting said rod and the axis of the wheel, a pawl on said link, anda ratchet on the axis of said wheel connected with the pawl and adaptedto move the transfer wheel forward upon each revolution of the rollers,an ejector of increasing radius for the compartments on their downwardmovement, a spring brake for said wheel, and a sheet receiving traysecured between the sides and beneath the wheel to gather the sheetsdischarged therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM G. DILL.

Witnesses ALBERT C. S. RAYMOND, HENRY S. AMns.

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